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>> when he does arrive here, a tiny bit of good news. show him up 50-47. it is an improvement. the last time the survey was it is up by only one percentage point. even at this late hour, there is of work to do. election eve of further than no obama headquarters in chicago. 20,000 calls a day are being states.swing 125 volunteers pushing their effort.get-out-the-vote been runninge has e entire year, and now has only hours to pay off. >> we will be driving voters to the polls. are here, the
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making his way through the midwest, wisconsin, ohio, iowa. he is hoping the long lines of early voters favor him. >> al qaeda is on the path to the feet. osama bin laden is dead. we have made progress in the past four years. >> both on the road and at home, camp exudes confidence, but close.s very >> we have made real progress in t the reason we are here have work to do. >> use all president bill clinton in pennsylvania. mitt romney has campaigned their and you seet t clinton there today. no stateher sign that taken for granted when
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the race is this close. >> let's switch to the romney campaign. just arrivedr has manchester, new hampshire the latest on the final hours of campaigning for the republican nominee. >> mitt romney is headed here to for a late-night rally with kid rocke. every vote counts and a race this close. the latest polls decided this divided. thousands of supporters lined up at george mason university excited northern -- the last 48 hours of the campaign. mitt romney wants to turn this .wing state back to read told these virginia voters difference.ake the
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he gave one of the final of his presidential campaign. door to a broader future there. waiting for us. i need your vote, i need your work. .alk with me tomorrow is a new beginning. >> he stard the morning in to lynchburgent on in fairfax. he decided to add an airport in new hampshire tonight. the final rally is now scheduled for pittsburg. from thee live tonight rally. they have decided to add ohioer trip back to then on tod before ending tomorrow in boston. will be like to not for all your election coverage. cooper, abc 7 news.
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>> the other big race for voters in battleground virginia is the race for the united states senate. >> the candidate also spent the thoseying to inspire undecided voters. tomorrow night, one of two former virginia governors will become the new senator. jeff goldberg is live in on thisia with more important race. >> the past few weeks, the polls have really tightened up in this .ace like obama and romney, the race between tim kaine and george allen is tough to predict. kaine as momentum right now. what wee excited about will see tomorrow. ,> george allen's wife susan giving volunteers one last push
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toward the finish line. >> it is going great. love the enthusiasm i am the ground. taking the stage monday in sterling, democrat tim kaine supporters he is the clear choice for bipartisanship. >> we cannot have the nation we want the congress is gridlock. have to fix it. x the latest wall street journal week showslate last how tight things are. 4% are still undecided. this volunteer things it will propel him to the senate. speaking monday before a mitt romney at george mason, george allen predicting how voters nationwide will be the commonwealth on tuesday. >> standing strong for freedom will begin to stand
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once again. >> the race not only getting a attention locally, but as well.y if tim kaine wins, it could help democrats maintain their narrow majority in the united states senate. if it is george allen, it could help the republicans regained control. >> today is the final push for marriage and expanded gambling in maryland. martin o'malley spoke in favor question 6 and 7 today. both sides have spent millions ads. there are reportedly few and most people evenly split on both issues. >> we will be your all of for the election returns. coverage begins tomorrow at 7:00 have update onl eachocal races for you at
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hour . come, the latest on get life back to normal in the northeast following hurricane sandy. >> the gerlach -- thousands of absentee voters. how did this happen time and which one counts? explain in my report, coming up. >> the freeze warning in effect for tonight. [ mitt romney ] we have to work on a collaborative basis.
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look, the reason i'm in this race is there are people that are really hurting today in this country. and we face this deficit -- could crush the fututure generations. and republicans andemocrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not c care less if it's a republican or a da ocrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message.
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colin powell: yes. when he took over we were in one of the... i'm mitt romney, worst recessions we had seen in recent times... close to a depression. and i saw, over the next several years, stabilization...
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come back in the financial community. housing is starting to pick up. the president saved the auto industry. and the actions he's taken with respect to... protecting us from terrorism have been very, very solid. and so, i think we ought to keep on the track that we are on.n. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >> there is an old election day about verdict -- about voting early and often. whatchard tells us how it is being handled. >> on this election eve, he is
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hisied about whether absentee vote will count. i found here in our mail two ballots for my wife and because i was puzzled put my absentee ballot in the mail. >> maryland officials said they out new booksent it balance. they say it was no accident but d delivered evidence to try to effort to try to correct a bar code error. caution, abundance of we resent a second ballot. >> the state says the bar code system will ensure only one ballot will count. >> it increases a degree of
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integrity ofn the e process. >> authorities say unfortunately received yourt by this time,t plan on voting in person. >> if you see any problems at tomorrow from a long machine malfunctions, let us know on our website, , or you/pollproblems can send an e-mail. >> were good news that the gas station. latest on lower prices. >> the weather should not holding back from voting tomorrow, but there is some rain way.e the forecast is coming up. anncr: which do you believ
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what mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes.
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and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully revy erse roe v. wad. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message.
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>> zero weeks after hurricane is one step closer normal in new york city -- the week after hurricane sandy. >> investigators are looking at four hundred cases of the city.ing in some people report prices on goods have more than in the wake of sandy. >> believe it or not, despite fact that hurricane sandy issues that the tanks -- at the gas pumps priceseast coast, gas are still dropping. prices have fallen in the district, maryland, and virginia. locations in virginia are below $3.20 a gallon. >> a nice day to fill up the car and take a beautiful drive. >> now with a clear skies, it will be very cold tonight.
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areagrees and the fairfax and we would choose numbers drop dramatically overnight. -- we will see these numbers drop dramatically overnight. of belowue this trend temperatures. this weekend we may get above have a long way go. down to 39 degrees already in gaithersburg. through the overnight hours, we drop down to 26-34 degrees, for the district but entire metro area. a very cold night. it will be good election day weather tomorrow, it will be be dryt it will day witht the sunshine.
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this upper level energy's clean central plains through , it shouldee valley into stormelop warnings for tomorrow. guidance is model trending slowly toward the east. coast will behe gusty winds and rain. -- even on the coast. there may be a few snowflakes in it. off theis how far coast, the farther east it the better it is for everyone. parts of long island and new will get some strong rain, it looks like. morning, some and there isuds on wednesday. 60% chance of rain with a few
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flakes. :thursday, and a warming trend will begin on friday and last through the weekend. >> now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> we need to take up the collection and hire bodyguards iii.g >> there has been a lot of talk about the redskins' loss and post-games comments. last hour, mike shanahan spoken said this. to find whichng guys really step up now. i don't care if you are a five player or a first-year player. when your back is against the up tohow do you stand adversity?
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it any time since that i am going play young players. >> he is not throwing in the towel. the defensive coordinator is deftly starting to feel the heat. is dead last in pass defense. rg iii still ranks among the top .assing leaders he continues to take big hits. the redskins still ranks second offensive lee, first in passing, andn ii is determined. >> no one is ever going to e i have insidet the greatest. it does not matter what it is, i sure i continue to
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.elp my team >> he took a tough it yesterday. for hockey fans, talks are scheduled for tomorrow in new york city. saturday and are trying to end the lockout. there they are working out to stay in shape. 82-gameibility of an schedule is now gone. with talks scheduled tomorrow, hockey fans. for >> i am a guy who just came into when they tell me to play, i will be playing. i just a way from, and then when , i getsome news about excited, but i try to stay away from it. >> second overtime, a tie score.
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interception here in the end zone and he is off to the races. .mago all the way there he comes. our play ofhat is the day. senior linebacker and defensive captain for his a.c.l. saturday and now he is out for the season. having a rough season. >> the worst i've ever seen. season. [ mitt romney ] we have ton. work on a collaborative basis.
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look, the reason i'm in this race there are people that are really hurting day in this country. and we face this deficit -- could crush the future generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republin or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do itgain. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. we were told to build a 30-foot stage. gathered the guys and we built that 30-foot stage, not knowing what it was for. just days later, althree shifts were told to assemble the warehouse. a group of people walked out on that stage and told us that the plant is now closed
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and all of you are fired... i looked both ways, i looked at the crowd, and...we all just lost our jobs. we don't have an income. mitt mney made ovever 100 million dollars by shutting down our plant and devastated our lives. turns out that when we built thattage, it was like building my own coffin, and it just madee sick. [ male announcer ] priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising.
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colin powell: yes. when he took over we were in one of the... worst recessions we had seen in recent times... close to a depression. and i saw, over the next several years, stabilization... comeack in the financial community. housing is starting to pick up. the president saved the auto industry. and the actions he's taken with respect to... protecting us from terrorism have been very, very solid.

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